School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 1 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1 GPI
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
3rd
of 43 groups
All-time high
1 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.9332 GPI
in 1994
Years of data
26
1994–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific, 1994–2019

00.250.50.7511994200620191994: 0.933 GPI1995: 0.936 GPI1996: 0.943 GPI1997: 0.953 GPI1998: 0.958 GPI1999: 0.965 GPI2000: 0.972 GPI2001: 0.977 GPI2002: 0.982 GPI2003: 0.984 GPI2004: 0.986 GPI2005: 0.986 GPI2006: 0.987 GPI2007: 0.987 GPI2008: 0.989 GPI2009: 0.99 GPI2010: 0.997 GPI2011: 0.997 GPI2012: 0.996 GPI2013: 0.999 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 0.998 GPI2016: 0.998 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific is 1 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 1 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.9332 GPI, in 1994.

East Asia & Pacific ranks 3rd of 43 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in East Asia & Pacific, 1994 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1994 0.9332 GPI
1995 0.9358 GPI +0.3%
1996 0.9432 GPI +0.8%
1997 0.9525 GPI +1.0%
1998 0.9585 GPI +0.6%
1999 0.9647 GPI +0.6%
2000 0.9723 GPI +0.8%
2001 0.9774 GPI +0.5%
2002 0.9818 GPI +0.4%
2003 0.9841 GPI +0.2%
2004 0.9862 GPI +0.2%
2005 0.9859 GPI -0.0%
2006 0.9871 GPI +0.1%
2007 0.9868 GPI -0.0%
2008 0.9893 GPI +0.3%
2009 0.9898 GPI +0.1%
2010 0.9974 GPI +0.8%
2011 0.9974 GPI -0.0%
2012 0.9964 GPI -0.1%
2013 0.9986 GPI +0.2%
2014 1 GPI +0.2%
2015 0.9979 GPI -0.2%
2016 0.9983 GPI +0.0%
2017 0.9997 GPI +0.1%
2018 1 GPI +0.1%
2019 1 GPI +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.948 GPI 0.9332 GPI 0.9647 GPI 6
2000s 0.9841 GPI 0.9723 GPI 0.9898 GPI 10
2010s 0.999 GPI 0.9964 GPI 1 GPI 10

Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific

  1. 1 Senegal 1.15 GPI compare
  2. 2 Bangladesh 1.14 GPI compare
  3. 3 Gambia 1.11 GPI compare
  4. 4 Kiribati 1.08 GPI compare
  5. 5 San Marino 1.07 GPI compare
  6. 6 Mauritania 1.06 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 233 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in East Asia & Pacific was 1 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9332 GPI in 1994.
How does East Asia & Pacific rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
East Asia & Pacific ranks 3rd out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this East Asia & Pacific data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.